The BS Daycare but no build thread

So, this is interesting. Got my 2nd and final package today.

I assumed I'd be waiting for several other pieces of my bumper only to find the front is a good 3/16" thick plate, and it's 1 piece.



Looked at their site again, and yep it's 1 piece on purpose to minimize actual prep and work.

 

Wait what













Decided to weld up the bottom portion of the bumper. It's really just 2 gussets; the rest of everything has to be done while on the LC.

 

Off to storage they go

 

Hoping to get this done on the weekend.

Need to find time to pull the bumper, and pull my LC up to the garage door and tack things in place

 

What about the rest of it though

 

Even though the instructions list the front panel of the bumper as 2 pieces, the design was revised to 1 large frontal piece.

This means only 6-8 pieces get tacked then welded together. Coastal Offroad makes it too easy to build your own really, it's cheating.

I'll just need to pull the wiring on the front "fog" lights when I pull the factory bumper.

After all that, new bumper gets tacked, welded, and installed.

 

I thought it was just the center part of a bumper

 

It is, but it's a bumper in itself.

I'll just need to design my own end pieces and build it out; the center section is what I didn't want to fabricate on my own really.

Owner came in just as I did the last vertical welds; he really liked it

 

And to add to the updates, I got home from work to my rear coils finally arriving.

Now got both my front and rear Dobinsons.

 

Shes all shiny with shiny new things!!! nice!

Gonna level the back off a little?

 

She deserved a wash and spit shine.

The Dobinsons are supposed to sit at factory ride height, so the rake will go away as the rear will drop quite a bit.

@Speedytech7 has the exact same coils. Should see how they kept their stance even towing a large, enclosed trailer.

 

She's gonna be lookin good! I want a cruiser so bad!

 

been eying this one. lot of miles but nice.

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/spt_fzj80_land_cruiser#listing=324866709/NONE

 

Yessss, I can't wait to have a nice even stance.

 

That green though

 

I love it!!

 

Spent over an hour at paint shop for second time in 2 days picking a color for my truck. Tried to match this the best I could. Idk if its close til I spray the bay.

 

That's definitely different. Curious to see how the wheels will look on it.

 

I switched the methods. Going with a black wheel for now. Idk wtf I want. You know how it goes.